Check-controlled mechanism.



G. U. TRAVIS & A. D. ANTOINE.

CHECK GONTROLLED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1910.

1,043,374, Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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CHECK CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.14', 1910.

1,043,374. Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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CLARENCE C. TRAVIS AND ALFRED D. ANTOINE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAIDANTOINE ASSIGNOR T0 SAID TRAVIS.

CHECK-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed Nov. 5, 1912.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLARENCE C. TRAVIS and ALFRED D. ANTOINE, citizensof the United Statesfresiding at Chicago, in-

t-he county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Check-Controlled Mechanism, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in check controlledmechanism andone of the objects of thesame is to provide an improved. device of thischaracter in which the check detector mechanism will serve also toimpart motion to the check controlled mechanism.

A further object is to provide improved means forreleasing thecheck-actuated mechanism, and improved means for ejecting the check.

A further object is to provide improved means for locking the checkdelivery mechanism against operation in the absence of a proper check. 2

A further object is to provide an im proved device of this character inwhich the parts may be fprmed or stamped from sheet metal.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this characterwhich will be simple, durable, cheap and compact in construction, andeffective and eflicient in operation.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new anduseful objects, as will appear, the invention consists in the featuresof novelty .in the construction, combination and arrangement of theseveral parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown inthe accompanying drawings, illustrating an em bodiment of the invention,and in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 11of Fig. 3 of an improved device of this character constructed inaccordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a transversedetail sectional View on line 2-2of Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofthe. arrows. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is an elevation of one side of an improved device of thischaracter constructed in accordance'with the principles of this invention and withparts bmken away. Fig

5 is a detail view similar to Fig. 4 of tht opposite side of themechanism. Fig. 6 is a detailsectional view on line 6--6 of Fig. 4. Fig.7 is a detail sectional view on line 7-7 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a detailsectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 7.' 9 is a view similar toFig. 7showing the parts in different positions. Fig. 10 is an enlarged detailsectional view on line 10-l0 of Fig. 3. Fig. 11 is an enlarged detailsectional view of the pivot for the detent or stop. Fig.12'is a detailperspective view of one .end of the detent or stop.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and in the presentexemplification of the invention, the numeral 15 designates a faceplate, which may be of any desired size and configuration and ispreferably constructed of sheet material bent into shape and providedwith an opening 16 at one edge thereof into which the check or coin isadapted to be inserted. Secured to the back of the plate 15 is a support17 which is spaced. from the plate, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1, andis provided with a depending portion 18.

A handle 19 is provided with a shaft or extension 20, which latterpasses through the plate 15 and is journaled therein and passes-acrossthe space formed between the body of the support 17 and the face plate.The other extremity of the shaft 20 has a bearing inthesupport 17 andfor this purpose there may be provided a screw or member 21, whichpasses through the support 17 so that one extremity 22 thereof will havea threaded engagement with the extremity of the shaft 20 to form abearing therefor. The other'extr'emityof the member 21 is provided witha head or enlargement 23.for-

a purpose to be set forth.

Secured to-the shaft 20 and in any desired or suitable manner,preferably by means of the screw or bbit 21, is a member 2 which ispreferably constructed of sheet metal and formed with a flange 25. Theshaft 20 is provided with flattened'portions 26 arranged opposite toeach other and the member 24 is provided with a flange 27 which engagesover the end of the shaft 20 and rests against 'one of the flattenedportions 26 so that when the handle'19 is rotated to rotate the shaft20, the member 24 will be bodily moved abput the axis of the shaft.Secured to the shaft and for rotation therewith and located withinan-opening 28 in the face plate 15 is a disk 29 which is provided with acoin pocket or recess 30 opening through the periphery thereof. Aportion of the periphcry of the disk 29 is flattened as at 31 adjacentthe pocket and serves as a means for ejecting the coin or check 32 in amanner to be hereinafter set forth. The disk 29 is also provided withrecesses 33, 34, opening through the periphery thereof, and supportedwithin a housing 35, which latter is in turn supported by the face plate15, is a.

detent 36 having a projection 37 extending from its body portionintermediate its ends and an offset portion 38 at one extremity thereof.This detent 36 coperates with the disk 29 to constitute a check detectorand is pivotally supported in any desired or suitable manner, such as bymeans of an adjustable screw or bolt 39 passing through the wall of thehousing 35-and cooperates with the disk 2 to detect an improper coin inthat it will act be actuated to release the check controlled mechanismunless a proper check or coin is inserted. The screw or bolt 39 is heldin position by means of a lock nut or collar 40 and one extremity 41thereof is preferably'reduced and rounded, as shown more clearlyin Fig.8. This extremity 41 is adapted to enter a recess 42 in the'detent 36.and an elastic member 43, such as a spring or the like, is providedwhich engages the detent andholds the same against displacement withrespect to the fastening bolt or screw 39. The extremity 41 of this bolt39 entering the recess 42 of the detent forms a fulcrum for the latter,and this fulcrum is preferably located adjacent theend of thedetentopposite the end at which the offset portion 38' is located. Thedetent is located in close proximity to the disk 29 so that theprojection 37 thereon will engage the face of the disk as the latter isrotated by the handle 19. When no check is present in the pocket orrecess 30, the disk 29 may be moved from the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 7 tothat shownin dotted lines to cause the recess 34 tomove into a position such that the offset portion 38 of the detent 36will enter therein and lock the diskagainst further rotation in the samedirection. The offset portions will be moved into the recess bymeans ofthe spring 43 and when the recess is in such position to receive theoffset portion, the pocket or recess 30 will have assumed a positionadjacent the projection 37, which latter will enter the pocket or recessunder'the influence of the spring 43 t-o;permit the offsetportion 38 tolock the disk 29 againstfurther rotation in the same direction. When aproper check 32 is placed within the pocket or recess 30 and the diskrotated by the handle 19, the check will move into engagement with theprojection 37 of the detent 36 and move the latter against the tensionof the spring 43- about lts pivot to hold the offset portion 38 a'wayfrom the disk. The detent 36-Wlll be held in this position until thepocket or recess 30 has assumed a'position to discharge the check'therefrom, that is, until the pocket or recess passes the shoulder 44 atwhich time the check will fall out of the pocket. By the time the checkis thus discharged, the recess 34 will have reached a position oppositethe offset portion 38 of the detent 36 to permit the spring 43 to actand force the offset portion 38 of the detent or stop into the recess tolock the disk against further movement in a forward direction, and atthe same time the spring will cause the detent to eject the check fromthe pocket. When the check is thus discharged and the handle 19released, the disk 29 and handle will be returned to its normalposition, that is, with the pocket or recess 30 opposite the opening 16.Any suitable means may be provided for returning the disk 29 when thehandle is released. For this purpose the spring 45 may be provided,which is preferably in the form of a coil surrounding the shaft 20, oneextremity being bent to form an angular portion 47 which surrounds theshaft 20. The'other extremity 48 of the spring isadapted to engage andrest against a suitable projection 49 on a fixed support. The spring isso arranged that when the shaft'20 is rotated in a clock-wise direction,tension will be created upon the spring, which tension will return thedisk and handle when the latter is released.

A member 50. is pivotally mounted upon the support 18 as at 51 and isprovided with a laterally projecting portion52 which extends toward theface plate 15 and projects across the path of movement of the checkwithin the pocket or recess 30 and the upper face of this projection 52is located substantially flush with the face of a projection 53 on theface plate and upon which latter prejection the check drops when thelatter is discharged from the pocket or recess 30. The check will beheld in this position and against the projection 52 until thespring 45exerts its tension on the shaft 20 to return the disk 29. During thisretrograde movement of the disk, the flattened portion or face 31 of thedisk will engage the check and force'the same over the projection 52 todepress the member 50 about its pivot 51 and against the tension of theelastic mem ber 54.

A delivery drum 55 is provided with a plurality of pockets 5.6 and. atubular hub 57. One end of this hub 57 is adapted to re ceive the head23 of the screw or fastening member 21, as shown more clearly in Fig.

1, and inserted in the otherextremity of the tubular'hub is a trunnion58 which has a bearing in the wall 59 of a housing 60,

within which housing the drum is mounted to rotate. The housing isprovided with an opening 61 at the top thereof of a size slightly lessthan the mouth of the pockets member and the drum head, is a ratchetwheel 62 provided with a plurality of recesses 63 in its periphery. Asimilar ratchet Wheel 64 of a larger diameter is secured to the ratchetwheel 62 and this ratchet-wheel 6 1 is provided with a series ofrecesses 65 in its periphery. Each of the recesses 65 in turn turnedclockwise, the member 24: will be correspondingly moved about the axisof the shaft 20 and the dog 66 will ride over the disks 62, 64, and whenthe handle is released the spring gt5 will return the member 24 and asthe extremity 28 of the dog 66 advances it will enter one of therecesses 63 in the disk 62 and will turn the latter together with thedrums one step of rotation.

In order to revent the extremity 68 of the dog 66 froih engaging in oneof the recesses 63 to turn the drum 55 one step of rotation when therehas been no check placed in the pocket 30- of the disk 29, the pivotallysupported member 50 is provided with a flange 69 which stands in closeproximity to the periphery of the disk 64: and in such a position thatwhen the handle 19 is turned to move the member 24, a port-ion of thedog 66 will ride over the flange 69 and will be held in such a positionthat the extremity 68 of the dog'66 will not enter one of the recessesbut when the handle 19 is released the member 24 and dog 66 will returnto its normal position. When a proper check has been deposited in thepocket 30 and the v check is ejected upon the support 53 in the manneralready set forth, and the spring 45 imparts a retrograde movement tothe disk 29 so that the face 31 thereof will push the check over thelaterally projecting portion 52-of the member 50, the member 50 will-bedepressed against the tension of the spring 54 and the flange 69" willbe lowered to permit the spring 67 to force the extremity 68 ofthe-dog66'into a position to enter one of the recesses 63 in the disk 62 uponthe retrograde movement of the mem- Secured to one head of the drum 55and disposed between the pivotally supported her 24 so that one step ofrotation will be imparted to the drum 55. In order to lock the drum 55against movement during the clockwise movement of the handle 19 and toprevent the drum from overthrowing upon the return movement of themember 24:, the member 50 is provided with a laterally projectingportion 70, shown more clearly in Fig. 4, which projection is adapted toenter the recesses 66 in the bottom of the recesses 65 of the disk 64.As the check is ejected and the member 50 depressed by t e checkengaging the portion 53, the latera ly projecting portion 70 will bemoved out of the notch or recess 66 in thedisk 64 to release the latterand to permit it to move under the influence of the dog 66. In order toprevent the check from falling between the extremity of the projectingportion 53 and the face plate 15, the latter may be provided with arecess 71 into which the extremity of the member 53 passes and thisrecessed portion 71 is of sufficient length to permit the extremity tomove freely.

Plates 72, 73 may be provided which are arranged'on each side of theface plate 15 v and one of these plates, preferably plate 73, isprovided with an oflset portion 74 to permit the ready insertion of thecheck and to direct the latter into the pocket 30.

The lower extremity of the face late 15 may be shaped as at 75 to form adischarge spout and the bottom 76 of the housing comprising the end wall55 and, the side wallsw60 is shaped to form a chute, the extremity ofwhich terminates in the nozzle 7 5 and the contents of the pockets 56 inthe drum 55 are adapted to be discharged upon this chute and from theredelivered to the nozzle 75.

Secured to any suitable support, preferably a portion of the bottom 76of the housing is a deflector plate.77 which is arranged below thelaterally projecting portion 53 of the member 50 and is preferablyinclined. The check 32 when it is discharged from the disk29 will fallupon this deflector plate 77 to be directed into a suitable receptaclein the machine. The deflector plate may be secured in position in anydesired or suitable manner preferably by means of ears 78 which arestruck up from a portion of one of the walls of the housing and are bentaround a shouldered portion 79 of the deflector, as shown more clearlyin Fig. t. The housing comprising the side walls 60, the rear wall 59and the bottom 76 may be supported and secured in position in anydesired and suitable manner, preferably by means of spacing members 80,which are arranged between the face plate 15 and the upper portion ofthe housing and are secured in position by means of fastening screws orbolts 81 which pass through pbrtions of the walls of the housing and theface plate. The lower extremity of the chute 76 projects into the nozzle75 and is of a width to substantially fill the space therebetween so asto prevent lateral displacement of the housing.

With this improved construction it will be apparent that the parts maybe constructed of sheet metal by stamping or bending the same into shapeand after being constructed may be readily and compactly assembled, andwhen thus assembled, the en- 'tire construction may be removed as a unitfrom the machine and may be as readily replaced.

An additional support 82 in the form of a bracket may be provided. onthe face plate 15 and this bracket extends rearwardly and projects intothe chute 7.6 between the side walls thereof, as shown more clearly inFigs. 1 and 3, and a rod 'orbar 83 is provided which extends through theside walls ofthe chute 7 6 and in front of the bracket 82 and serves asan additional means for holding thelower end of the housing removably inposit-ion.

In order that the invention might be fully understood, the details ofthe foregoing embodiment thereof have been thus specifically describedbut Whatis claimed as new is- 1. In a device .of the characterdescribed, the combination of check controlled mechanism including aratchet wheel, a check detector comprising a casing having a checkopening, a check receiver for moving the check from the opening, lockingmechanism for the ratchet adapted to be released di rectly by the checkas the latter is moved by the'receiver, means for releasing the check,and means for operating the ratchet when the check is released, the lastrecited means being normally inactive with respect to the ratchet andmovable forwardly and backwardly when the ratchet is locked.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of checkcontrolled mechanism including a ratchet wheel, a check detectorcomprising a casing having a check opening, a check receiver for movingthe 50.check from the opening, positive locking locking mechanism forthe ratchet adapted to be released directly by the check, means forreleasing the check, and means operatlvely related to the check recelverfor operating the ratchet member when the check is released, the lastrecited means being normally inactive with respect to the ratchet andmovable forwardly and backwardly when the ratchet is locked. I

4. In a device of the character described,

the combination of check controlled mechanism including a ratchetmember, a check detector including a check receiver for receiving andadvancing the' check, a normally inactive connection between the'checkreceiver and the ratchet movable forwardly and backwardly when theratchet is locked, means controlled by the check for rendering saidconnection active, and locking mechanism for the ratchet also controlledby the check. I 6. .In a device of the character described, thecombination of check controlled mechanism'in'cluding a ratchet member, acheck detwtor including a check receiver for receiving and advancing thecheck, anormally inactive connect-ion between the check receiver and theratchet movable forwardly and backWa-rdlv when the ratchet is locked,and means operated directly by the check 7 for simultaneously releasingthe ratchet and rendering the said connection active.

'7. In a device. of the character described, the combination of checkcontrolled mechanism including a ratchet member, a check detectorincluding a check receiver for receiving and advancing the check, anormally inactive connection between said receiver and ratchet, saidconnection comprising a out of engagement with .the ratchet, the lastsaid means being adapted to be directly shifted by the check to permitthe pawl to engage and move the ratchet, the said pawl,

being movable forwardly and backwardly independently with res set to theratchet When the latter is locke w 8. In a device of the characterdescribed,

the combination of check controlled mechanism including a ratchetmember, a check detector including a check receiver for receiving andadvancing the check, a normally pawl bodily movable with the saidreceiver, 'means for normally holding the saidpawl thecombination ofcheck controlled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a checkdetector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backwarddirection, an operative connection between said receiver and ratchetmember comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adaptedto engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, means operativelyrelated to the last said member for holding the pawl inactive withrelation to the ratchet during the bodily movement of the pawl in bothdirections, and means also operatively related to the said yieldinglysupported member for locking the ratchet against operation, thelast saidmember being adapted to be shifted by the check to release the ratchetmember and to render the pawl active with relation to the ratchet formoving the ratchet by' the bodily movement of the pawl in one direction.

10. In a device of thecharacter described,

the combination of check controlled mechanism including a rotatableratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable ina forward andbackward direc tion, an operative connection between saidreceiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotallysupported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supportedmember, means operatively related to the last said member for holdingthe pawl inactive with relation to the ratchet, during the bodilymovement of the pawl in both directions, means also operatively related.to the said yieldingly supported member for locking the ratchet againstoperation, the last said member being adapted to be shifted by the checkto release the ratchet member and to render the pawl active withrelation to the ratchet for moving the ratchet by the bodily movement ofthe pawl in one direction, and means for ejecting the check from thereceiver.

11. In a device of the character described, the combination of checkcontrolled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a checkdetector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backwarddirection, an operative connection between said receiver and ratchetmember comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adaptedto engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, means operativelyrelated to the last said member for holding the pawl inactive withrelation to the ratchet during the bodily movement of the pawl in bothdirections, means also operatively related to the said yieldinglysupported member for locking the ratchet against operation, the lastsaid member being provided with a portion disposed within the path ofmovement of the check when the latter is discharged from the receiver,and means for forcing the check into engagement with the said portion ofthe member to shift the latter to release the ratchet and to render thepawl active with relation to the ratchet.

12. In a device of the character described,

the combination of check controlled mechanism including a rotatableratchet member, a check detector including a check receiver rotatable ina forward and backward direction, an operative ,bonnection between saidreceiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable and pivotallysupported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supportedmember, means operatively related to the last said member for holdingthe pawl inactive with relation to the ratchet during the bodilymovement of the pawl in both directions, means also operatively relatedto the said yieldingly supported member for. locking the ratchet againstoperation, a support upon which the check is adapted to be dischargedfrom the receiver, said yieldingly supported member being provided witha portion adjacent the support, and means for ejecting the check fromthe support to shift the said yielding member to release the ratchet andto render the pawl active with relation to the ratchet.

13, In a device of the character described, the combination of checkcontrolled mechanismincluding a rotatable ratchet member, a checkdetector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backwarddirection, an operative connection between said receiver and ratchetmember comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adaptedto engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, means operativelythe aWl inactive with relation to the ratchet during the bodily movementof the pawl in both directions, means also operatively related tothe'said yieldingly supported member for locking the ratchet againstoperation, a support upon which the check is discharged from thereceiver, said yieldingly supported member being provided with aprojecting portion adjacent the support, a stationary shoulder adjacentand spaced from the said projecting portion of the member, the spacebetween said portion of the member and the shoulder being less thanrelated to the lastsaid member for holding tion, an operative connectionbetween said receiver and ratchet member comprising a bodily movable andpivotally supported pawl adapted to engage the ratchet, a yieldinglysupported member, means operatively related to the last said member forholding the pawl inactive with relation to the ratchet during the bodilymovement of the pawl in both directions, means'also operatively relatedto the said yieldingly supported member for locking the ratchet againstoperation, a support upon which the check is adapted to be dischargedfrom the receiver, and means whereby the check will be engaged by aportion of the receiver to force the check into engagement with theyieldingly supported member to shift the latter to release the ratchetand to render the pawl active with respect to the ratchet.

15. In combination in a machine of the character described, checkcontrolled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a checkdetector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward and backwarddirection, a connectionbetween said receiver and ratchet membercomprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adapted toengage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, a cam operativelyrelated to the member and over which the pawl is 1 adapted to move whenthe check receiver is moved to render the pawl inactive, means alsooperatively related to the pivotally supported member for locking theratchet against movement, and means whereby the check will shift thepivotally supported member to release the ratchet and to shift the camto permit the pawl to operatively engage the ratchet to move the latter.

16. In combination in a machine of the character described, checkcontrolled mecha nism including a rotatable ratchet member,

a check detector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward andbackward direction, a connection between said receiver and ratchetmember comprising a bodily movable and pivotally supported pawl adaptedto engage the ratchet, a yieldingly supported member, a cam operativelyrelated to the member and over which the pawl is adapted to move whenthe check receiver is moved to render the pawl inactive, means alsooperatively related to the pivotally supported member for locking theratchet against movement, a support adapted to reand means adapted to beengaged by the,

check when the latter is thus ejected for shifting the pivotallysupported member to release the, ratchet and to render the pawl active.

17. In combination a machine of the character described, checkcontrolled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a checkdetector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward direction, astop lug adapted to contact with the receiver for limiting the movementof the receiver, a ratchet member, a pawl operatively related to andmovable with the said receiver, means for locking the ratchet againstmovement, means loperatively related to the last said means, fornormally rendering the pawl inactive, means whereby the check will shiftthe stop lug to permit the receiver to move a greater distance, meanswhereby the check will release the ratchet and also render the pawlactive, and means for imparting retro-' grade movement to the receiverto return the latter and actuate the ratchet.

18. In combination in a machine of the character described, checkcontrolled mechanism including a rotatable ratchet member, a checkdetector including a check receiver rotatable in a forward direction, astop lug adapted to contact with the receiver for limiting the movementof the receiver, a ratchet member, a-pawl operatively related to andmovable with the said receiver, means for locking the ratchet againstmovement, means operatively related to the last said means for normallyrendering the pawl inactive, means whereby the check will shift the stoplug to permit the receiver to move a greater distance, a support uponwhich the check is adapted to be discharged from the receiver, means forimparting retrograde movement to the receiver, when the checkisdischarged, said receiver being provided with a portion adapted toengage and move the check from the support, and means adapted to beengaged and moved by the check when the lat-. ter is moved from thesupport to release the ratchet andto render the said pawl active.

19. In a device of the character described, the combination of checkcontrolled mechanism including a delivery drum, a check detectorincluding a receiver for receiving and advancing the check, saidreceiver having a forward and retrograde movement, a normally inactiveconnection between the said receiver and check controlled mechanism,means for moving the receiver in one direction, means controlled by thecheck while a the latter is being advanced by the receiver for renderingsaid connection active whereby retrograde movement of the receiver willactuate the check controlled mechanism and drum, and means for impartingretrograde movement to the receiver.

20. In a device of the character described, the combination of checkcontrolled mechanism including a'delivery drum, a check detectorincluding a receiver for receiving and advancing the check, saidreceiver having a forward and retrograde movement, a normally inactiveconnection between the said receiver and check controlled mechanism,means for moving the receiver in one direction, means controlled by thecheck while the latter is being advanced by the receiver for renderingsaid connection active whereby retrograde movement of the receiver willactuate the check controlled mechanism and drum, means for impartingretrograde movement to the receiver, and means for automaticallyrendering the said connection normallyinactive.

21. A check detector comprising a rotatable disk having a forward andretrograde movement and provided with a'recess adapted to receive thecheck, and a stop shoulder, a stop, means for holding the stop to engagethe shoulder to normally limit the movement of the disk in onedirection, said stop being adapted to be engaged and shifted by thecheck to release the disk, and .a support adapted to receive the checkfrom the disk, said disk being adapted to engage and move the check fromthe support on its retrograde movement. 22. A check detector comprisinga rotatable disk having aforward and retrograde movement and providedwith a receiver adapted to receive the check, and a stop shoulder, astop, means for holding the stop to engage the shoulder to normallylimit the movement of the disk in one direction, said stop being adaptedto be engaged and shifted by the check to release the disk, I

theshorilder to normally limit the movement of the disk in onedirect-ion, said stop being adapted to be engaged and shifted by thecheck to release the disk, a support adapted to receive the checki fromthe disk, said disk being adapted 'to engage and move the check from thesupport bn its retrograde movement, and means whereby the said stop willlimit the movement of the disk when the latter is released by the check.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 7th day of February,A. D. 1910.

CLARENCE C. TRAVIS. ALFRED D. ANTOINE.

Witnesses:

C. H SEEM, J. H. JOCHUM, Jr.

